Cigar-cutter



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(No Model.)

A. ILKIRK.

CIGAR CUTTER.

N 293,580. Patented Pe .v. 12, 1884.

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A. H. KIRK.

(No Model.)

GIGARGUTTER.

WZIZGSSGS UNrrEn STATES P TENT ALVA H. KIRK, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

CIGAR-CUTTER.

SPECI FICA'IION forming part of Letters Patent No. 293,580, dated February 12,1884.

Application filed April 9,1883. (No model.) 7

do hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

, This invention relates to that class of cigarcutters in which a cutting-blade is combined with a perforated gage-plate through any one of the gage-holes of which the tip of a cigar can be projected to be clipped by the operation of the cutting-blade.

My improvement consists, first, in pivoting the cutting-blade to a movable gage plate mounted on a tilting box, suitable devices being associated with the cutting-blade, so that the movement of the gage-plate will cause the operation of the cutting-blade; secondly, in the employment of a curved cutting-blade pivoted eccentrically on a stud of the movable gage-plate, so that the blade will operate with a draw out; thirdly, of certain minor combinations, of which the movable gage-plate and the cutting-blade pivoted thereto are the principal elements.

In order that my invention may be clearly understood, I have illustrated in the annexed drawings, and will proceedto describe, the best form thereof at present known to me as embodied in a cigar-cutter in which the cuttingblade is pivotedto and actuated by a sliding and tilting perforated gage-plate.

Figure l is a perspective view of said cigarcutter. Fig. 2 is a perspective view thereof, showing it as turned upside down, and as deprived of the base and the bottom of the box; Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section of the complete cigar-cutter. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the base detached.

The same letters of reference indicate identical parts in all the figures.

The cigar-cutter illustrated in'the annexed drawings consists, in the main, of a stationary base, A, a tilting box, B, mounted thereon, a sliding perforated gage-plate, O, forming the top of the tilting box, a curved cutting blade,

1), which is eccentrically pivoted ona stud, d, on the under side of the sliding gage-plate and connected by a connecting-rod, E, to an eye,' b, onone end of the box B,and aspiral spring,

F, connected with one end to saidbox and with the other end to the cutting-blade. The

box is fitted in the frame-like base,and at the rear end detachably connected thereto by a couple of fingers, b b, adapted to enter holes a, formed in the base, making a connection which permits the endwise tilting of the box in a vertical arc to the required extent. The gage-plate is fitted in longitudinal guides b b on the box. In the passive condition of the machine the'spiral spring F holds the gageplate projected beyond the front end of the box, and a stationary incline or cam-grade, g, of a post, G, fixed to base A, so acts on an antifriction roller, 0, on this projecting end as to tilt up both the gage-plate and the box, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The spring also holds the cutting-blade retracted, so as to clear the gage-holes of the gage-plate. Three such gage-holes, 0 0 0 are arranged in a row across the gage-plate,varyingin size and suitably countersunk on the outside of the plate. The retractile action of the spring F is limited by a stop-pin, 0*, on the sliding gage-plate, which pin checks the rotation of the cuttingblade.

The machine is operated by depressing the tilted-up end of the box by pressure applied to the gage-plate, whereby the latter is slid in acts with a draw cut, and is thus adapted to sever the tips of cigars with great ease, and without tearing or mutilating them.

The box B may be provided with a removable or hinged bottom, sothat the clippings may be caught in the box and removed at any time by first detaching the box from the base and then opening its bottom.

I have described in detail the exact construction of the cigar cutter illustrated inthe annexed drawings. This is one practical form of my invention, and I shall claim said form in detail; but my principal claim is not intended to be restricted to an eccentrieallypivoted curved cutting-blade, nor to the particular means described for operating said blade, for these features may be varied in many Ways Without departing from my invention. For instance, in lieu of a rotating curved and eecentrically-pivoted cutting-blade operating with a draw cut, a pivot-ed blade operating with a shear cut may be used.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. The combination, substantially as before set forth, of atilting box,a reciprocating gage plate mounted thereon, and a movable cutting-blade pivoted to said gage-plate.

2. The combination, substantially as before set forth ,of a tilting box, a reciprocating gageplate mounted thereon, and a rotating curved cutting-blade ecccntrically pivoted to said] gage-plate. l

set forth, of the stationary base, the fixed camgrade thereof, the tilting box, the sliding gage plate, the rotating eurved cutting-blade pivoted to the gage-plate, the connecting-rod,and the spring.

5. A cigar-cutter, substantially such as before set forth, embodying a stationary base and a detachable tilting box.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALVA H. KIRK.

Witnesses:

WM. A. Wnonn, P. hi. NELsoX. 

